Not Feeling The LUV ?
( Not Feeling The LUV ?) Southwest Airlines began operating in 1975 on routes within the state of Texas. At the time, larger airdromes were being constructed in Houston (Intercontinental, now George Bush) and Dallas (Dallas-Fort Worth Regional). That left Houston's original Hobby Airport and Dallas Love Field largely vacant as the Braniff's, the Delta's, Pan American, Trans World and United's moved to the larger facilities. So Southwest emerged as a discount carrier, literally a no frills airline that was able to operate more cheaply than the legacy airlines. Now. over time and over the next few years, Braniff, Pan Am, and TWA all went bankrupt. Southwest was able to move into the vacuum created by this shuffling of market share and now Southwest could chart routes decidedly outside the southwest. The airline has been flying to La Guardia and there is even service from San Antonio to Honolulu, with a stop in Oakland. Southwest never had its own "hub and spoke...